2014 Chateau Rayas, Chateauneuf du Pape 'Pignan', Rhone Valley, France Felsina a delightful and refreshing wine

a delightful and refreshing wine

Grapes: Pinot Meunier

This is all Pinot Noir grapes from a lieu-dit "Loiselu"

When the vintage permits

Fermented with native yeasts and aged in large Slavonian oak casks

2014 Chateau Rayas, Chateauneuf du Pape 'Pignan', Rhone Valley, France Felsina a delightful and refreshing wine100% Grenache. The vineyard of Pignan is two hectares that were planted in the 1980s, located at Chateau Rayas behind the pine trees. It is a slightly warmer site with some rocks scattered through the vineyard. Soil: Fine red sand base with smaller pebbles. Whole bunch fermentation in concrete vats, then aging for 12 months in 80 100 year old foudres.